Health Services: Greater Manchester

(asked on 5th March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that NHS England and his Department assist the Greater Manchester NHS system with additional financial support in the event of year-end budget deficits being accrued under the Manchester devolution proposal.


Answered by
Norman Lamb Portrait
Norman Lamb
This question was answered on 10th March 2015

In formulating their proposals for more integrated local decision-making, the clinical commissioning groups and local authorities in Greater Manchester, together with NHS England, are seeking amongst other benefits to secure more efficient and economic use of the financial resources available for commissioning health and care services for their local population.

The relevant statutory organisations will be responsible for ensuring that any joint or delegated commissioning arrangements enable them to remain accountable for fulfilling their duties in relation to managing financial resources. The Government has no plans to alter the existing responsibilities of the relevant statutory bodies in this respect.

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